London - Day 1

The day has come.

Lets cut it short- I'm not gonna elaborate how the 14 hours journey took its placed.

We departed at 4pm, and just imagine, when my watch shows it is 8.30pm, outside is still as hot as 4pm. Forced myself to sleep when it is about 9.30pm, but as usual, bukannya leh lena sgt dlm flight kan..

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It was all a mixed feeling of overjoy and at the same time, started to miss the girls back home. Keep on imagining if they are around. For once, we felt that things around us are quiet, it was all bizzarre.

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Reached London at about 10pm London time or 6.30a.m M'sia's time.

The temperature is 6 degrees, so we started to put on our jacket, cakap pun berasap2.

Reach our hotel at around 1a.m., goshh..it was tiring, but lucky I can continue my sleep as it was just past midnite in London, zzzz....

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The next day, we're out at around 8.30a.m. It was c c c collddd...brrrr....but i love it, heh.

We stayed somewhere nearby Lancaster Gate tube.

-The hotel-

Signage nearby our hotel.
Took a day pass for the tube costing about 7pound each, approx. - RM36/=.

Our first destination in London: Picaddily Circus - the famous billboard. We walk from Picaddily Circus to look for Trafalgar Square.
Passed by this monument.

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Walking along the St James Park. Boy, it was beautiful indeed, tho it is towards the end of winter. It was magnificent!!

We walk till we arrive around the Westminster Abbey.

Big Ben in the background.

Around St. James Park & Westminster
Posing with the phone booth is a must!!

Spot this calendar in one of the souvenir shop. tak pulak terserempak ngan mamat neh..

Around Trafalgar Square

In the background is the England's National Gallery.

Next, we march to the Buckingham palce to witness the changing of guard ceremony. The event is daily on 11.30am, except on Friday. Punya la ramai umat...

Here they come...

more pics..
(but this is not the usual palace's guard - ni guard besa je kut)

Next - we walked back to St.James Park undergaround tube to get to Tower Hill underground.
As....we are heading to.."Tower of London".

London bridge is falling down..falling down...(teringat lagu ni, hehe)

The Tower BridgeActually its best to walk nearer to the tower itself. But it seems, we got enough view from here. Dah tak daya nak menapak ke sana, tho takkan berpeluh setitik pun, daku tetap malas nak pegi. Btw, the temperature is somewhere around 13 to 14 degrees, it is in between winter/spring, i love it. But as usual, H will always the opposite site of me..he hated the cold weather, huh.

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Melepak sat...makcik pokcik dah tak larat. Couldnt imagine if we bring the kids along...for sure they'll start whining.

But at the moment like this, i still kept on wondering how the kids doing back home.

my few pennies...ow, i required some time to recognize the coins..first day la kata kan..

Memoyos kan diri...

The early bloomers i'd ever spotted since i reached London. I love peonies...

Just to share, Tower of London & Tower Bridge , is somehere on east side of London and quite far from other interesting places. You can enter the Tower of London, but sorry, we just got no time for it.

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Now, its time to made way to Madame Tussauds.

From Tower Hill, we need to take the Circle line to Baker Street.

My first impression when I first reached London was - "betul2 cam Monopoly ek"...coz those King Cross, Piccadilly, Paddington, Oxford Street, Regent Street...aint all of it are our monopoly's mortgage cards, heheh..

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Here are the underground sub-guides. We found it easy to navigates via tubes. Signs and leads are everywhere and I have my 'Tube map' (this pamphlets were everywhere in major stations).

The key:

1. Just follow the line, or its its colour. e.g. above are District line (in green) and Circle line (in yellow line)
2. Choose the correct platform as guided in pic above.
3. Check each train final destination to determine which train u should jump into. E.g. in M'sia, when u're at the interchange, kena pilih 'Bukit Jalil' if u wanna go to Sg. Besi. Tube pun camtu la jugak, sonang yo...

The train

Our day travelcard...I can go anywhere in London's Zone 1 and 2(central London) with our 7 pds ticket.

If i dont purchase the day card, each destination will cost me 4pounds, mahal kan....baik beli day pass. Or, theres option for Oyster Card, tapi acik malas ah nak kaji penggunaan card tu.

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Next....
Madame Tussauds (somewhere in Baker St.)

Dapat jugak ku jumpa abg Johnny. Tapi abg Johnny degil, taknak pandang camera. Camera shy katanya...letihhh.....

Sherlock Holmes yg really cam real.

The minute u enter Madame Tussauds, u'll be entering the 'A-List Hall'. Kiranya most of star2 kat sini la..e.g Julia Robert, Beckham/Victoria, Brad/Angelina, Miley Cyrus, and of course Kiera Knightley & Orlando, plus few others....ramai la jugak org in the hall till the extend, I got confused between the waxed and the real people, hahahh..kena careful2, takut terpegang orang. From top left- Beckham (tak real sgt pun), Kiera (ok la jugak), Orlando (pun tak real sgt.) and Cruise (dia ni nmpk real).
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There are few halls, e.g sports, royalties, the geniuses, world's leaders, the Scream etc..
So, acik combine je la suma pics ek...
Top left- sapa lagi...then queen elizabeth & husband (looks very real of couse), Prince William, Brad/Angie and Picasso.
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With my fav - Audrey Hepburn

ni, sapa ke lagi....

tapi tak real pon..ni kes tak sempat nak ukur betul2 la ni...

From top left-MJ, Jimi Hendrix the legend, Hitler & M.Tatcher
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Along the street (tak ingat la kat mana nih)

From Baker St., we moved on to Westminster for the London Eye. This is b'coz, we need to collect our online purchased M.Tussauds & L. eye ticket from the M.Tussauds itself.

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With the Parliament House in the background..cantik gilos buidling nih.

The London Eye

Parliament House from the London Eye.

Other views fr. L.E

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Then, we moved on to Regent St., nyopping sket2...

Its dark by 6pm, so most shops will be closed by 8p.m.

As a result, we slept at around 9.30pm, besides the overly-exhausted, rasa macam dah almost midnite at that time, plus, its started to sunyi by then.

To be cont....

My Baby

Ow my...i know this not gonna be easy.......

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These 2 weeks are all messed-up.

It was like, everything were at this moment, at this hour..at this time!.

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Gosh..it was hard. I was damn busy till I'd loss my appetite..hmm..sounds good eh?

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Well...during these 2 weeks, it was when H decided to let go of our cars, decided for a new car..nak carik keta utk dibeli lagi satu hal.

Then, as usual, purchasing documents for the purchase, is another story. On top of that, i need to transfer the registartion no. from my motorbike to my car..huhu...

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And, this is when I need to go for my long leave. As usual, i'll finished up all my assignments as far as I could so that I can hand it to others for review/sign-off.

So, keje cam robot ar for the past 2 weeks.

Plus, theres a newbie, occupying the seat in front of me, so, kena la jadi cikgu la pulak kan?

Mana nak kejar keje sendiri...nak ajar lagi..bla..bla..bla..

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Then, an old friend slipped into comma, i'd rushed to Seremban at 8pm and coming back to KL, then 'business as usual' on the next day. With the kids going to school and what not.
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Plus, need to packed up things for the kids as they will stay with my mother in law for about a week.

Yang tak leh tahan tu, time daku nak packing & nak balik kampung, dan-dan tu balck out..tak ke hampeh nama nyer tu..huhu..

So, we packed our things in the dark. nasib baik baju2 dah siap, tinggal nak masuk kan the accessories & et-cetera je...berpeluh2 jgn cakap la kan...tak kira..mandi jugak dlm gelap.

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The main thing that contribute to all these...is because, i'm off to Ldn/paris next week.

In fact, we'll leave tomorrow-just me & H.
I've been busy browsing the hotels, eurostar..the online tickets...etc..phewww....tak larat sih..

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But..sob sob..tonite...both my babies are with my m.i.l. huhu...sedeynya...

Tho its just for a week or so, daku yg cembeng tetap leleh dlm keta when its time for us to leave. Looking into my babies' eyes...ow my...it was all heavy-hearted.

Luckily kids wont mind leaving with my m.i.l, coz they'll be surrounded with their cousins.

They didnt even cried when we leave.

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As for T, i knew that she dont know that we'll be away for quite a while. I bet she thots, we wont be around just for a nite, poor girl...

I'm gonna miss you girls...huhu..

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Btw, tonite, just now..time daku nak packing, time tuuuuu la nak blackout..boikot ke apa?hehe

But now, all are back to normal.

I need my sleep..I need a goood sleep...i need my energy.

It was all almost 2 weeks of energectic-exhausted weeks, just hope I'm able to explore ldn/prs.

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To my fren in Paris....tungguu......I'll reach Paris on Thursday, insyaallah.

Malangnya not yet spring, else boleh la daku berposing dgn tulip2 mu itu kan..tak sabar nak jumpa si kenit tu..

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Just hope that we're gonna have a safe & hassle-free journey. aminn...

Au Revoir

I...figure this out as the time to say goodbye...

Poor thing...

The car is still in good condition, I still enjoy driving it, easy handling..nice body,etc...

But, too bad...this could be my last photo shoot with him.

We decided to let it go..H dont want to wait, he insisted to let it go thought the car's warranty is still valid..huhu..

As I said earlier, i hate being apart from 'things' thats around me, or belong to me, huhu..

But.....

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as people alwasys said...

'patah tumbuh hilang berganti'
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Welcome aboard...........my newest boyfriend (hehe)

my latest bofriend in collections..hehe

(please, this is not my hand, ok)
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Introducing...

(korang jangan la kutuk...keta cikai je ni.huhu..tau la keta korang power2..huhu..

wat gi keje..jadilah...)

Tinted pun tak sempat lagi..bizis gilerr..

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Drifting time....yahooo...

Tapi tak leh nak men-derift lama2...baekkk..nyer drift, pastu hujan lebat...chaisss..
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Actually, this is from ipoh, back to KL....leaving with a heavy heart...huhu...

i'll tell u why....

Touched

Tonite, went to visit a friend in Seremban's hospital.
She was my former colleague while we're in a foreign bank then.

That was when we're both sweet & young, we'd lunch together, hangout together, sharing the same ultimate boss, eh.

We shared the same story, of coz the good & bad ones, hehe...
What i like most 'bout her was that she was someone down to earth, or in short -humble.

Havent met her for bout 4 years perhaps. The last time was in november/december last year, but that was just thru email & smses. She forwarded her resume, & i fwd it to someone.
She attended the interview, & from what i heard, she succeed.

But, we havent got the chance to meet. And she havent accepted the offer.

And today, after 4 years, I rushed down to S'ban (gosh, me & H are all mess-up these few days), when I first saw her...no secret, but i'm someone 'cembeng' too, i'd burst into tears. Was infront of her hubby, but I was just dont care.

She was in comma-all wired.... living on support, 5 main organs malfunctioning, with 6 supporting machines. My goodness...and she's just 37. She's from MRSM Beseri, liverpool's graduate and here she is..and most important is, she's my fren...tho an old fren.

oh my..it hurts to see her. In that CCU ward, she's the most critical.

while there, all the memories keep on winding..ow...i cant stop recalling all our good 'ol days.

One thing forsure, my former colleagues, my frens, we're all so close. For some reason, we took care of each other. We all have special bonds, not sure from where, but its just there. Hardly find someone who are just like them (or like us).
Perhaps, people just turn more arrogants each day.

I just hope the best for her. Deep inside, I still hope she wont stop fighting, and please recover.

I know I cant visit her again, until the next 2 weeks or so...I just hope, by then, she's back into a normal ward, without those supporting machines.

..and her boy, the one & only- happily running here & there. As the father told us- he bought whatever he wants from shop downstairs. He was just 9, 1 happy go lucky boy.

Just hope that things gonna be all fine....

Goodbye....

Finally its time to say goodbye to u.

Hmmphh, it was so hard for me. I hate this.

Whatmore, its all rushing.

I took time-off, drove both cars to the dealers & waited for them. Snap tones of pics, without the kids. Kids dont even know daddy is letting go his car.Well, i love this car, really.

European made, CBU, sailed all the way from Milan.

Nothing compared to Japanese made, it was so different.
But one thing 'bout European car here, there just not many of them. Most cars here are Japanese made, thus u must really know where to get the car's parts, service centre etc.
I just dont understand, perhaps most ppl will go for easy solution, and just ignore the driving experience and technology within.

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Things i like most bout this marea:

1. it comes with sunroof, hehe.

2. it warms us in early morning, shall the temperature outside is lower than the aircond's temp. or even while we're at highlands.

3. the driving 'feel'-tho i rarely drive it. it was so smooth, with easy handling.

etc..etc..malas nak citer.

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Before dismantling and removing our things.

After

Hmmm..gonna miss u, i just hate letting things go.
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keys surrendered to the dealer

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my final 'stare' to u, my marea..(tho it's H's, haha)

next...it will be my...

tbc...

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Btw, i'll be away for awhile.

I havent packing..didnt do anything yet, huh. No itinery yet..and nothing! need to do sumting by now.

Its So Hard...

Its so hard to say good bye...

In my life - "saying goodbye" is my most 'hatest' part of my life.

I hate to say goodbye to everything...

I just cant let things outta my life. To me, whatever comes to me, its mine, its my business and its part of me...to the most - it is part of me..which then, I hate to let it go (unless if I hate it la kan..and why must we keep things that we hate for no reason by the way?)

I'd remember once, during spring-cleaning my drawer while I was in my previous company, I came across an envelope full of my ATM's receipt. I kept everything in order, since day 1 i.e. the day I withdraw my first ever salary.

I just cant throw it away till a friend shouted: "&^%!!! for god's sake, that was just pieces of paper."

Whoaaa....I still refuse to throw it, its all part of me already..huhu..but in the end, I throw the rest, except the first few mths of my payday..hahah..by now I dunno where it is already.

Probably I'm a good 'care-keeper'
..but wait...I dunno where the hell all my certs are!! Damn it...

And today..I need to say goodbye to something.
Owww....I hate the 'departing' part.

True enough, it was just me..i hate when things gone, when it no longer in front of my eyes. And today..something has gone..I definitely need some time accepting the fact.